KIRBYVILLE H S

KIRBYVILLE H S is a low-enrollment high school in KIRBYVILLE, Texas, part of KIRBYVILLE CISD. The school works with 427 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 46% leaner than typical.

KIRBYVILLE CISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,439 students; KIRBYVILLE H S is among them.

On the student-mix side, KIRBYVILLE H S lists that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, KIRBYVILLE H S has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at KIRBYVILLE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Jasper County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIRBYVILLE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.7%, the actual is 49.8%, a residual of -4.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jasper County) records that the typical household earns roughly $56,723 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jasper County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,411 students), KIRBYVILLE H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KIRBYVILLE EL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around KIRBYVILLE H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIRBYVILLE H S at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 39.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KIRBYVILLE H S has rose 7%, going from 398 students in 2018 to 427 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 79% to 71%.

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